UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE
MGT 205 Computer Systems for Management Spring, 2005
Syllabus

Instructor: Robert Chi
Class Hours: Friday 2:10pm to 5:00pm
Phone:(562) 9854238
Office Hours: TBA
E- Mail:  rchi@csulb.edu
Office: TBA
Website: http://www.csulb.edu/~rchi

Course Description Objectives

Catalog Description
Information systems concepts and components, contemporary organization applications, development and management of information systems, and future trends in information systems and technologies. Computer based team projects requiring the integrations and application of conceptual and skills-oriented information systems knowledge in a business environment. Objectives: Upon the completion of this course students will be able to
1. Identify potential applications of Information technology to benefit their organization.
2. Know how to apply information technology to support various business functions and to understand the fundamental principles on which new applications can be developed.
3. Select for their organization an information system of effectiveness, reliability and flexibility
4. Become familiar with the usage of planning and implementing team projects. Plus integrating database and Internet applications for a completed project

Required Text: Management Information Systems by Post and  Anderson, McGraw-Hill, 3rd edition. 2003. ISBN: 0072489421

Software: Microsoft Office 2000

Grading Policy

Your grade will be based on the following examinations and homework:

Exams & Assignments	Percentage of Grade
Midterm	30%
Assignment 1 (Data base design)	10%
Assignment 2 (Web Design)	10%
Group Project	30%
Participation and Quizzes (4)	20%
Total	100%

Final course grades will be determine using the following standard percentage scale:

Grade Range	Letter Grade
97 to 100	A+
93-97	A
90-93	A-
87-90	B+
83-87	B
80-83	B-
77-80	C+
73-77	C
70-73	C-
67-70	D+
63-67	D
60-63	D-
F – 59.99 and Below	F

Attendance

Class attendance is required. Be prepared with reading material for class discussions.

Exams and Final

These exams will be in class and will take approximately one hour. They will consist of a combination of multiple choice and will include questions from the assigned chapter readings as well as the text-related material covered in our class meetings. The final exam will be mandatory and must be taken at the time scheduled by the University.

Projects/Assignments
Assignments will be announced in class and are due at the beginning of class on the specified due date. No Late work will be accepted. All assignments must be printed and handed in on a disk without a virus. Computer disks with viruses will be returned to students without any credit. All work must be turned in on the due date, in class. Each student must do his/her own work. Copying assignments will be considered cheating and all parties will be penalized. Please do not wait until the last minute to do your assignments. I encourage students to discuss their class work and assignments together. You learn a lot from your peers since you go through the same learning process. However, after the discussion, each of you should work on your own assignments independently from scratch. One learns by doing not by working together to print two copies, this is not learning.

Contacting Me
I prefer to be contacted by email or during office hours. I will respond to an email in a timely matter. Emailed attachments will not be opened or receive a response.

Weekly Schedule

Class	Date	Topics	Chapters
1	4/1	Information Technology	1, 2
2	4/8	Networks and Telecommunications	3	Case
3	4/15	Database Management Systems and Data Mining 1	5
4	4/22	Database Management Systems and Data Mining 2 (quiz 1)	4
5	4/29	Computer Security (quiz 2)	4	Case
6	5/6	Transaction and Operations, Midterm Exam	6
7	5/13	Electronic Commerce 1 (quiz 3)	8 (assignment 1 due)	Case
8	5/20	Electronic Commerce 2	8	Case
9	5/27	Models and Decision Support (quiz 4)	10(assignment 2 due)	Case
10	6/3	Presentation